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单词 teasel
释义 tea·sel
I. noun
also tea·sle or tea·zel or tea·zle \ˈtēzəl\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English tesel, tasel, from Old English tǣsel; akin to Old High German zeisila teasel, Old English tǣsan to tease — more at tease
1. : a plant of the genus Dipsacus (especially D. fullonum and D. sylvestris) — see fuller's teasel, wild teasel
2.
 a. : a flower head of the fuller's teasel covered with firm finely hooked bracts and used when dried to raise a nap on woolen cloth
 b. : a wire substitute for the fuller's teasel
[teasel 1]
II. transitive verb
(teaseled or teaselled ; teaseled or teaselled ; teaseling or teaselling \-z(ə)liŋ\ ; teasels)
: to nap (cloth) with teasels
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